Natsu's POV

"This field is huge!"

It felt like we've been walking for days, in the same field.

"Stop complaining Natsu."

I glared at him "Shut up Ice Queen, this whole world has nothing but a field! We haven't even seen a spirit!"

Gray chuckled "Maybe its because you're too loud."

I felt my fists light on fire "You wanna go Ice cube?"

He sighed and looked at me "Not Right Now, but I will when Lucy is home safe."

I felt all of my annoyance towards him fade. "When she's home."

We continued walking for what felt like hours.

"Are you lost?"

Startled we both froze in place.

"Who's there?" I spun around and there was a small glowing green spark behind us.

"I am."

I squinted at it "and what exactly are you?"

The spark flickered "I'm a sprite."

"A what?"

It-the sprite flickered again and sighed "My name is Aria."

"Natsu, and this is Gray."

"Pleasure, now I know that neither of you are dead so what are you doing here?"

"We're looking for someone."

She moved closer "Maybe I can help, who are you looking for?"

I sighed "Her name is Lucy."

"There are many spirits here with that name."

I sighed and fell to my knees.

"She has blonde hair and bro-red eyes." I looked up to see Gray staring intently at Aria.

"Red eyes?"

We both nodded.

"You must leave."

"What?" I jumped to my feet "Why?"

"Things are not as they seem, please give up your search."

"You know who she is." Gray glared at her.

Aria sighed "Yes, I knew her."

I narrowed my eyes "Knew?"

The sprite slowly backed up "Y-yes."

"Where is she?" Gray asked quietly.

"Please you must leave."

I couldn't take it anymore "Answer him!"

"She's not here anymore!"

I glared at her "Why not"

"I-I can't say, I'm so sorry."

There was a quiet whimper from Anastasia on my shoulder. "Shh Ana it's alright."

"What-is that a dragon?"

"Yes."

Aria hovered closer to us so close that I could see that she wasn't a spark but a small girl with wings, A Fairy.

"Y-you're a fairy!"

She glared at me "Yes I am." She moved closer to Anastasia and gently laid a hand on her head. "She's a strong one..."

I kept my eyes on her "How do you know?"

She shook herself "That's not important, I meant it when I said that you all need to leave."

"Not without Lucy!" Gray cried at her.

"She's not here." She smiled in my direction but not at me. "But, I owe her a favor there is a lot more at stake then any of you realize, your whole world is in danger."

I shook my head in disbelief "How do you know that?"

"How do we know you're not lying?" Gray chimed in.

"I know this because she told me before she left."

I cocked my head to the side "Who?"

She smiled sadly "Lucy."